On “Black Friday” lure of the shops and dealers, your customers with deals and discounts. The trade Union Verdi wants to use the day to highlight poor working conditions and calls for a strike.
The logistics centre of Amazon in Bad Hersfeld (archive image)
The recusal on the Amazon site in the Hessian town of Bad Hersfeld got started with the work at the beginning of the night shift and will run until 24 PM, informed the Verdi rural district of Hessen. Also in North Rhine-Westphalia, Rheinberg, the Union has called for a strike.
With the offer of the week around the “Black Friday” as the start of the Christmas shopping in the “final spurt of the year, for employees, the most stressful time, Overtime included,” said Union Secretary Mechthild Middeke. “The employees, especially on a day like “Black Friday” in the center. The use of the employees needs to be better rewarded by a higher pay, and by a collective Christmas money.”
High-Turnover Day
Verdi has been fighting for years for the Amazon-a collective agreement and in accordance with the Tariff for the retail and mail order trade paid employees get. Amazon refuses so far.
The “Black Friday” and the following Cyber Monday are one of the strongest sales days of the year in the retail. The idea comes from the United States, where the shops start on the day after the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving with big discounts in the Christmas business. In Germany, the German trade Association (HDE) expects this year to two days, with an increase of 15 percent and a turnover of 2.4 billion.
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